The partial government shutdown took its toll on air travel into and out of New York City on Friday, but 1,700 miles away Denver International Airport airport officials reported mostly smooth sailing.

Federal aviation officials on Friday morning mandated temporary delays for flights into and out of LaGuardia, according to The Washington Post. The move was made because of a shortage of air-traffic controllers, one of the groups of federal workers going without pay during the 35-day shutdown brought on by President Donald Trump’s battle with Democrats in Congress over funding for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

“We have experienced a slight increase in sick leave at two facilities,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement sent out over Twitter. “We’ve mitigated the impact by augmenting staffing, rerouting traffic and increasing spacing between aircraft when needed.”

On the FAA’s online flight delay information map, LaGuardia appeared as an orange dot as of midday Friday, indicating that “traffic destined to this airport is being delayed at its departure point.” The average delay of an arriving flight was an hour and 26 minutes, according to the FAA.

DIA meanwhile, appears as a green dot, indicating delays of 15 minutes or less for incoming and outgoing flights.

“Thankfully, all of our airline operations are normal, but we are aware of what’s going on on the East Coast,” DIA spokeswoman Alex Renteria said. “We always recommend that passengers check with their airlines for their flight status.”

As of mid-morning, DIA had seen 60 flight delays, a normal figure for an airport that sees an average of 1,600 flights in and out every day, officials said. Real-time flight-tracking website FlightAware, counted one canceled flight from DIA to LaGuardia Friday and four delayed flights.

The mellow morning comes after weeks of shutdown-related delays at airports around the country brought on by Transit Security Administration staffers — another group of federal employees working without pay — calling in sick.

DIA was never visited by that problem either, airport officials said, with TSA lines running as normal throughout the shutdown. As of 1 p.m. Friday, wait times at the airport’s three security checkpoints were all less than 20 minutes.

Joe Rubino focuses on consumer news for The Denver Post. He wrote for the Broomfield Enterprise, Boulder Daily Camera and YourHub before joining the Post's business team in 2017. A Denver native, he attended Kennedy High School and the CU journalism school. He once flew a plane for 30 seconds on assignment.

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